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What is the strangest old timey vegetable you have eaten

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Now you done it. I got a hankerin fer kohlrabi. Mom always had 2 rows of that in her garden.
 
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Goober Peas (boiled peanuts).

Anything that has had a whole song written about it can't be all bad.

I haven't tried them but I did do some reading about the best way to fix them. :hmm:
 
Salsify. Also called oyster plant, it tastes nothing like oysters or anything else for that matter. Not bad, just different. Earthy? An old world biennial, it is a carrot-shaped root vegetable sown in the spring and dug in the fall of it's first year. I've grown it occasionally and had a really nice crop two years ago. Steamed and buttered enough for a good sized platter for the household members but their lukewarm response allowed me to have most of it for myself. Folks, within a couple of hours I began a farting session like never before and it went on for most of the night. Most fun I'd had in years. We now call it "fartroot." Your mileage may vary...
 
Jerusalem Artichoke. I planted a few roots in the garden several years ago and they became an invasive species. Rumor has it the early settlers ate a lot of it and complained of flatulence. They don't taste too bad but I prefer them raw or in a stir fry similar to water chestnuts. Supposed to be an alternative to potatoes but I didn't care for them roasted.

Cattail spikes - Like tiny ears of corn.
Hominy made by boiling dried corn in wood ashes.
Beech and hickory nuts
White oak acorn meal
Sumac lemonade
 
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Kohlrabi is pretty good sliced in about 1/4” thick steaks and fried in bacon grease. Mom always took advantage of lambs quarters or iron weed. A wilted dandelion salad is pretty good also.
 
Wild onions, Morels, puffballs, Hen of the Woods, dandelion, Poke, possum grapes, persimmons, Musk melon, muskidine, elderberry, and a buncha other stuff that tasted nasty.
 
Parsnips, rutabaga, mallow (button weed) seeds, and 150 year old apple varieties from abandoned orchards to name a few
 
Cattail root, Skunk Cabbage, Dewberries, Wild Plums, Dandelion Greens, Beet Greens (boiled with salt pork), Gooseberries, Pine Nuts, Tree nuts of several varieties,
Camas Root, Prickly Pears.
 
"Edible": It won't kill you but does not necessarily taste good.

"Eatable": Won't kill you and tastes good.

I suppose the strangest "old timey" veggie I've had is multi-colored "indian corn".

I'll presume that things like (gag) beets (gag) and turnups, the various greens, love aplles, shelf mushrooms, rhubarb, etc. don't count as a "strangest".
 

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